Islamic State

'Very Complex': The US Raid That Killed IS Chief

By early December United States (US) intelligence was certain: the man occupying the top floor of a nondescript house in Atme, northern Syria – who never left the premises, emerging only to bathe on the roof – was the head of the Islamic State (IS) group.In the White House Situation Room, a table-top model of the house was set up, and President Joe Biden was briefed on his options to neutralize Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, one of America's most wanted jihadist targets.US officials

4 February 2022
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'Total Panic' As Deadly Blasts Rock Kabul Airport

Milad went to Kabul's airport with his wife, three children and documents for a new life in the United States (US), but left with his hopes in ruins after witnessing a suicide bomber kill dozens around him.Twin attacks on Thursday claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group targeted US troops overseeing a frenzied evacuation effort at the airport as well as the masses of Afghans seeking to flee their own country.The explosions tore through a crowd at the perimeter of the airport, leaving som

27 August 2021
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Indonesian Extremists Finance Jihad With Charity

Generous Indonesians donating their spare change to the poor and needy are unwittingly helping finance deadly terror attacks and jihadist training camps, in a scam that has netted big money for extremist groups.Former radical Khairul Ghazali once spent his days visiting restaurants, convenience stores and supermarkets to drop off charity boxes, wearing an official-looking uniform to avoid suspicion.Passers-by would slot in coins and crumpled banknotes in the belief that they were helping the

24 June 2021
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IS Sympathiser Behind Indonesia Police HQ Attack

An armed woman shot dead at Indonesia's national police headquarters Wednesday was an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser, authorities said, citing social media posts she made shortly before the fatal gun battle.Indonesia has been on high alert in recent days after two suicide bombers - alleged members of a pro-IS extremist group - blew themselves up at a church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island, wounding about 20 people.Police outposts have been frequent targets of Indonesian extremists in

1 April 2021
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Indonesia Church Suicide Bombers Were Newlyweds

Two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday were newlyweds who joined a pro-Islamic State extremist group, police said Monday, as they arrested others suspected in the plot.About 20 people were wounded in the powerful explosion outside the church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island while worshippers celebrated the start of Holy Week.Both suspects were killed instantly after they rode a motorbike into the church compound and, when challenged by security, detonated a

30 March 2021
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Indonesia Church Suicide Attack: 20 Injured

One of two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Sunday belonged to a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church bombings in Indonesia and the Philippines, said Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the police chief.“The perpetrator was part of the JAD group that had carried out the bombing in Jolo, the Philippines,” said the police chief, referring to extremist network Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.The bomb used in Sunday's attack was a pressure cooker bomb, Prabowo a

29 March 2021
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Bombers In Philippine Attack Were Militants' Widows

Two female suicide attackers who carried out a double bombing in the southern Philippines were the widows of militants who had worked for the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the army chief said Wednesday.The pair blew themselves up in a coordinated attack on Jolo island in Muslim-majority Sulu province on Monday, killing or wounding scores of security forces and civilians in the country's deadliest attack this year.The death toll from the blasts has risen to 15 with 74 wounded, th

27 August 2020
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14 Dead, Scores Wounded In Philippine Twin Bombings

At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded - including members of the security forces and civilians - in twin bombings Monday involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said.The apparently coordinated attacks happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the Abu Sayyaf group.Seven soldiers, a police officer, and six civilians were killed in the two bombings, t

25 August 2020
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Philippines On 'Alert' After Militant Leader Held

Philippine security forces were on alert Saturday for possible reprisal attacks after arresting a key leader of an Islamic State (IS)-linked militant group accused of kidnapping and beheading several foreigners.Abduljihad Susukan, a member of Abu Sayyaf, was detained in the southern city of Davao and flown to the capital Manila on Friday, where he was being held at the national police headquarters.He has been charged with 23 murders, five kidnappings and six attempted murders, a police statem

16 August 2020
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Indonesia’s abandoned children in Syria

The notion of repatriation for the 689 Indonesians associated with terrorists and violent-extremist groups in Syria has led to controversy in Indonesia. Public debate is not only divided on whether the government should repatriate them or not, but also whether or not their nationality should be revoked. In responding to that, the Indonesian government has just declared its decision to not repatriate them.

23 February 2020
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